Eco-Missions
The Eco-Missions Project was led, until recently, by Fr. Darrell Rupiper, OMI. Fr. Rupiper passed away suddenly in February 2009 from cancer. The future of Eco-Missions is not yet been determined.
Learn more about the ecological awareness ministry of the Oblates. Contact:
Oblate Ecological Initiative
4300 Levis Lane
Godfrey, IL 62035
618-466-5004
La Vista Ecological Learning Center
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“We will not be moved to save that which we do not love.”
This has been the premise of the Oblate Eco-Missions: two-week-long spiritual experiences and conscious raising events in parishes. The groups formed have become springboards for action to protect the environment.
Over a two-week period, parishioner-participants become more deeply aware that “Heaven and Earth are full of God’s Glory!” The workshops are designed to nourish a sense of awe, wonder, reverence and gratitude for God’s creation.
What was given to us as a paradise – a veritable wonderland – is quickly being turned into a wasteland. We need to counter this by developing a reverence for creation.
In a moving ceremony for people, the story of the unfolding universe, as revealed by science, is taught and made into ritual.
See pictures of the Eco-Missions and their results
Learn more about Eco-Missions…
‘Eco-Missions’ is a project of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in coordination with the:
Oblate Ecological Initiative
4300 Levis Lane
Godfrey, IL 62035
618-466-5004
Ecology News
- Act Now for Responsible Finance and Debt Cancellation July 23rd, 2010
- Ease Up on Mother Earth – Reuse! July 20th, 2010
- Millennium Development Goals: Report 2010 July 13th, 2010
- Companies Respond to Consumer Demands on Environment July 1st, 2010